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Submitted to Contest #149
What could it be? Dante thinks as he fights back the urge to scream, watching the small closet light above him flicker on and off. On and off. Oh, God. What could it be? Dante whimpers. And his older brother, Santiago, places a hand over his mouth and whispers, “Don’t. Move.” Dante abides and holds his breath, staring at his older sister, Addie, gripping onto their father’s hunting shotgun she loaded the second they rushed into the closet. He notices her trigger finger trembling. And her fear only heightens his own. Addie’s never scared. E...
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